“As soon as we got him outside, his dad [Chris Ward] ran up to me and said, ‘They killed my baby.’ And I told his dad, ‘No, he’s not dead, he’s still alive,'” Duncan said.

Ryland’s mother reached out to Duncan soon after he was rushed to the hospital.

“I met with her and talked to her, then I was actually able to go to the hospital and see him for the first time. He was heavily sedated,” Duncan told ABC News.

Duncan said he continued to visit the little boy.

“He walked for me for the first time. Of course with my help, but he walked,” he said. “He’s a character. This little boy has the best fighting spirit I’ve ever seen out of anybody in my entire life.

“He’s kept me going this whole time. Even when I was giving up … just thinking about him and being around him makes me smile,” he added.

Sandy Ward said her grandson keeps dragging his left foot and has just 15 percent use of his left hip.

“It’s just a miracle he survived and is doing as well as he is,” she said. “We’re just excited to get him to come home.”

Duncan told KHOU he has been overwhelmed by the response to his Facebook post about the special send-off.

“Everything from San Antonio PD to fire, to Bexar County, to fire EMS in the area that all want to be involved,” he said. “It is not just them, but tow-truck companies and 18-wheeler guys. Everyone wants to be involved in this. So, this little boy has a lot of prayer from a lot of different people, and I hope he hears it.”